Articles About west nile

• ‘Ghouls on wings’ bug Yellow Springs

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanAugust 6, 2015

  

  The abundance of mosquitos in Yellow Springs is not the punchline to a cruel celestial joke but the result of an unusually wet June and July.

• Mosquitos net vigilance of Yellow Springs villagers

  By Megan BachmanAugust 8, 2013

  

  At a house along Livermore Street last week, the mosquitoes were so dense that the Aedes species — typically only active in the evenings — were out during the day in search of a blood meal.

• Village Council— West Nile spraying nixed

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 4, 2013

  Yellow Springs will not be sprayed with insecticide this summer in response to the presence of West Nile Virus-infected mosquitos, unless the health department determines the village is in a state of emergency. Rather, mosquito control will involve working with villagers to eliminate mosquito breeding sites and the use of larvicide to kill the insect larvae.